When the cigarette was burnt, Johnnie said--

"Well, I think I shall leave seeing Charlie till breakfast."

And he went to bed. On reaching the first-floor corridor he wished that

he had gone to bed half a minute sooner; for in the corridor he

encountered Janet, who had risen and was returning to her post; and

Janet's face, though she meant it not, was an accusation. Four o'clock

had struck.

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